--- etc/rc.d/abi
+++ etc/rc.d/abi
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	echo -n ' linux'
 	load_kld -e 'linux(aout|elf)' linux
 	if [ -x /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfigDisabled ]; then
-		_tmpdir=`mktemp -d -t linux-ldconfig`
+		_tmpdir=`mktemp -d ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/linux-ldconfig.XXXXXXXXXX`
 		/compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig -C ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache
 		if ! cmp -s ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache; then
 			cat ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache > /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache
--- etc/rc.d/gbde
+++ etc/rc.d/gbde
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		fstab="/etc/fstab"
 		;;
 	stop)
-		fstab=$(mktemp /tmp/mtab.XXXXXX)
+		fstab=$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mtab.XXXXXX)
 		mount -p >${fstab}
 		;;
 	esac
--- etc/rc.d/jail
+++ etc/rc.d/jail
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
 	echo '.'
 
 	echo -n 'Starting jails:'
-	_tmp_dir=`mktemp -d /tmp/jail.XXXXXXXX` || \
+	_tmp_dir=`mktemp -d ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/jail.XXXXXXXX` || \
 	    err 3 "$name: Can't create temp dir, exiting..."
 	for _jail in ${jail_list}
 	do
--- etc/rc.d/motd
+++ etc/rc.d/motd
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		return
 	fi
 
-	T=`mktemp -t motd`
+	T=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/motd.XXXXXXXXXX`
 	uname -v | sed -e 's,^\([^#]*\) #\(.* [1-2][0-9][0-9][0-9]\).*/\([^\]*\) $,\1 (\3) #\2,' > ${T}
 	awk '{if (NR == 1) {if ($1 == "FreeBSD") {next} else {print "\n"$0}} else {print}}' < /etc/motd >> ${T}